Casuistically
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Using casuistry or casuistics.
"He approached the moral dilemma casuistically, not abstractly from first principles."
- 2 From the perspective of casuistics or casuistry.
"Those ideals are casuistically the best whose realisations lead to least number of other ideals sacrificed."
Example
More examples"He approached the moral dilemma casuistically, not abstractly from first principles."
Etymology
From casuistic + -ally.
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